Chapter 282 & 283: The Great Army's Crusade (2-in-1 Grand Chapter)
On the afternoon of 20 May, Li Luo, who had only been in Haidong for six days, left Haidong and returned to the north. He couldn't delay any longer, otherwise he wouldn't be able to lead the "Ming Road Army" to Hepu Port to join him as scheduled.
If you miss the deadline, you should be killed!
Before leaving, in order to avoid the Dark Route Army being discovered by the Yuan Army and the Japanese army, Li Luo changed the date of the Dark Route Army's dispatch and set off on July 18 instead, and went directly to Yakushima Island in the south of the Satsuma Domain. More than a month later than originally planned.
The Dark Route Army not only has 6,000 elites, but also carries a large amount of food, as well as a large number of ordnance materials, and surplus warships. The surplus materials are the supplies prepared for the incorporation of the remnants of the Jiangnan army.
History has changed slightly. In the original history, the Eastern Route Army of Xindu and Jin Fangqing had already set off at this time. And now, the Eastern Route Army will not set off until the beginning of June, half a month late.
Moreover, the commander of the Yuan army, Arakhan, who originally went out with illness, has been replaced by Xindu. Xindu changed from the marshal of the Mongolian army in history to the commander of the Mongolian, Li and Han coalition armies. This gave the Yen Army a commander-in-chief.
Although history has changed slightly, Li Luo is still very confident. As long as the typhoon comes as scheduled, the main force of the Yuan army will not be able to avoid the fate of annihilation, and the generals such as Xindu will still give up the remnants of the army and flee back to China, so he will have the opportunity to absorb the remnants of the army and take the opportunity to seize the position of commander of the expedition to Japan.
With his knowledge of history and maps of Japan, he must have a chance to conquer Kyushu and open up a situation. By the time the Yuan court sent a large army again, what he had to do should have been done.
In the entire strategy plan, he and Cui Xiuning have deduced the map of Japan many times. And in another two or three months, the spies sent to Japan should also have an effect.
When Li Luo left, Cui Xiuning led the civil and military officials of the Tang State to see him off at the beach.
Until Li Luo's boat went away, Cui Xiuning was still standing on the seaside and looking at it from afar.
"Sister-in-law, go back, the sun is too strong on the beach. Sister-in-law, rest assured, my brother is auspicious, and he will definitely return safely. Li Yuan said to Cui Xiuning, who looked worried.
Taigong Yan Duo also said: "I'll go back." If you don't come back, they won't be able to leave. ”
Cui Xiuning nodded, "Let's go back." ”
Mrs. Tang Guo, who supervised the regent, did not leave, and the officials of Tang Guo behind her naturally did not leave.
…………
May 20th. Clear, southeast wind.
Today Li Luo is gone, my heart is empty, if there is anything else, it is worry.
The thought that he might never come back made me feel a pain in my heart and panic. I knew I shouldn't think badly, but I couldn't control myself from thinking about it.
Last night I dreamed that he was standing in front of me bloodily. In the dream, he said, Xiuning, I'm sorry, I can't come back, from now on, you have to take care of yourself and live well.
I woke up in a cold sweat. When I saw him lying next to me, sleeping soundly, I realized that it was a nightmare.
However, he was still at the pillow last night, and he will not be there tonight.
But I can't be too fragile, especially not to let the newborn Tang Kingdom see my fragility. I had to prepare for the worst, just in case.
I can't imagine how lonely and lonely I would be in this world if he wasn't there.
I haven't had a period this month, so I guess I'm pregnant. But even if he gave birth to a child, he was still a child of this era, and he couldn't replace Li Luo.
If it's a boy, it's okay to say, I'm sure I'll suppress everyone. But if it's a girl, then the future Tang Guo will be hard to say, and even my fate will be ugly.
Even if it's Wu Zetian, isn't it an ugly ending? In this world where male power is absolutely dominant, if there is no Li Luo and no son, then I have the ability, what can I do?
More than 100,000 Han people in Haidong, will they accept a heroine? I don't think it's possible.
Therefore, I can only plan to plot with Li Yuan, and with the convenience of her gynecology department, I can prepare a ridiculous plan.
In case Li Luo can't come back, and I can't give birth to a son, then I can only be sorry for a pregnant woman. She will die of "dystocia", but the son she gave birth to will become the "son" of me and Li Luo, and become the new Tang Hou.
It's only the worst-case scenario, but I have to prepare for the worst. In order for Li Luo and my career not to die young, and for the sake of the hundreds of thousands of people in the Tang Kingdom, some sacrifices are necessary.
Hehe, when the diary is written here, I was shocked by myself. Since when did I become so vicious and unscrupulous? But is it still me?
In this era, it's really bad. It can make people like me so ruthless.
But, as the Regent's Lady, I can't be weak and pedantic.
You're going to be back, man, definitely. Be sure to remember what you promised and come back alive. You are my fugitive, and since you have been caught by me, you cannot escape to another world.
Forget it, that's it.
Burn it. This diary must not be kept.
…………
When Li Luo returned to Ninghai Prefecture, it was May 25. He ordered Ninghai to set sail immediately and follow him to Jianghua.
On May 26, Li Luo returned to Jianghua. The more than 2,000 pairs of Goryeo armor that Li signed and allocated to Zheng Xiangyong have also arrived.
On 27 May, Li Luo set sail to the port of Hepu in Goryeo with a total of more than 8,000 people, including 2,700 Jianghua Xiangyong, 3,600 Jianghua Navy, 800 Ninghaizhou Navy, 500 Haiyong, 300 personal soldiers, and 500 sailors.
Li Luo is only a four-rank protector, but the soldiers and horses he commanded this time should be the most among the generals of the four-rank department.
This is the Ming Road Army, which belongs to the battle sequence of the Yuan Army. Therefore, he didn't actually have to prepare the military rations and materials by himself, because the Yuan court and the Goryeo royal court had already prepared them.
However, Li Luo, who knew the direction of history, still took away the 20,000 stone of military rations and other materials that had been stored long ago.
On 29 May, Li Luo arrived at Hepu Port one day ahead of schedule.
The port of Happo was the largest port in Goryeo, and at this time it had completely become a huge military port.
There are many water camps on the seaside, people on the shore shouting and neighing, the sails on the sea cover the sun, the masts are like forests, and the scene is extremely magnificent.
As far as the eye can see, there are busy Goryeo soldiers everywhere, as well as piles of supplies.
Here, nearly a thousand large and small ships have stopped, and the main force of the Eastern Expeditionary Army has arrived.
When the Yuan army in the military port saw the banner of the Yuan army on Li Luo's fleet, they waved the flag from afar to order Li Luo to stop. Then, a small boat sailed out of the military port and came under Li Luo's flagship.
Immediately afterwards, a military officer boarded Li Luo's flagship, inspected Li Luo's farewell and orders, and then determined that Li Luo's fleet was the Yuan army that had come to converge, and then allowed the fleet to enter the military port.
Li Luo anchored the fleet at the military port, kept a distance from the other Yuan fleets, and then went to the Zhongjun Water Camp to report to meet with Marshal Kim Fangqing of Goryeo.
Jin Fangqing's camp was surrounded by the water battalions of the Goryeo army, and inside and outside the camp, there were soldiers wearing Goryeo armor, and there was a sonorous sound when they walked, and there was a tense and solemn atmosphere.
If the Koreans really want to be serious, their combat power will not be bad.
The guards outside the big tent of Jin Fangqing's Chinese army stopped Li Luo: "Who is coming, speed through the name!" ”
Li Luo said: "The left protector of the Goryeo Eastern Expedition waited for Li Luo, and led the army to converge and meet the commander. ”
The guard gave a military salute, "General, wait for Smecta!" Then it was booked.
Soon the guards came out again and said: "The commander has an order, and he has passed on to Li Yuhou." ”
When Li Luo entered the tent, he saw a veteran with silver hair and gorgeous armor, sitting majestically on a handsome position, with a pair of slender eyes, very dignified. This person is Jin Fangqing, whom Li Luo has seen many times.
On both sides, there were more than a dozen generals with bright armor. One of the middle-aged generals, whose armor was no less gorgeous than Jin Fangqing, was also very imposing, and he was still sitting next to Jin Fangqing.
This person should be the deputy marshal of Goryeo, and his military rank is second only to Hong Chaqiu, who is Jin Fangqing. Historical records record that Hong Chaqiu was quite proud and disagreed with Jin Fangqing. The Yuan court sent him to be Jin Fangqing's deputy, of course, to contain Jin Fangqing.
"The last general, the left guard, wait for Li Luo, meet the commander!" Li Luo knelt down in armor and gave a military salute to meet the commander.
"Li Yuhou is hard, no courtesy, sit down." Jin Fangqing said very gently. Li Luo is the general he recommended, the nephew of Li Sign, and the person of the crown prince and queen, so he is naturally much polite.
"Xie Dushuai!" Li Luo stood up and made it to an empty position at the back. At this moment, the generals in this account, Jin Fangqing and Hong Chaqiu are naturally first-class generals, and then there are several second- and third-grade generals, and in addition to this, there are fourth-grade generals.
Therefore, Li Luo's military position is actually very inadequate, and he has no qualifications to speak.
"How many soldiers and horses did Li Yuhou bring this time?" Jin Fangqing asked.
This question is just a routine matter for the manager. From beginning to end, Jin Fangqing thought that Li Luo was just here to gild, and he didn't actually expect Li Luo to be of any use.
Li Luo replied: "If you go back to the capital, there are three thousand six sailors in Jianghua, eight hundred sailors in Ninghai Prefecture, and the rest are Xiangyong, and there are eight thousand sailors. ”
Eight thousand people... That's a lot. The other three guards here are only three or four thousand soldiers and horses. However, thinking that these 8,000 people still have a large number of village warriors who are cannon fodder, the other generals are also relieved.
The generals secretly thought that this Li Luo actually brought Xiang Yong to make up the numbers, which was really unreasonable.
Jin Fangqing said solemnly: "Swords and guns have no eyes, and military law is ruthless." Since Li Yuhou is here, he must follow the order and do not act in Meng Lang. He was worried that Li Luo was too young, greedy for merit, and lost his life, so it was difficult to explain to the Li family.
Li Luo said: "Xie Dushuai reminded, Du Shuai rest assured, the general will definitely order the ban, all with the overall situation in mind." ”
Jin Fangqing nodded, looked around at the generals and said: "Now that all my 50,000 troops in Goryeo have gathered, and the grain and grass materials have also been loaded onto the ship, the commander of Xindu has still not arrived. After you go back, instead of waiting, it is better to train the soldiers and horses. ”
As soon as Jin Fangqing said this, suddenly a personal soldier came in and reported: "Report that the commander of the capital has arrived, and the commander and the generals will go to the hill and the big tent to meet each other!" ”
Xin has arrived? Everyone was shocked. Although Jin Fangqing was the marshal of the Eastern Capital of Goryeo, Xin Du was the commander of the Yuan Army.
Jin Fangqing was a little dissatisfied with Xin. It's time to get on the ship, and you, as the commander, are you camped on the shore and in the hills, so afraid of the sea?
When Jin Fangqing took the generals ashore, he saw that on the hill not far away, a tall white horsetail hairy flag had floated, and on the flag, a hideous wolf was embroidered.
It is the blue wolf battle flag commonly used by the Mongolian army, the horsetail Daxu.
"Woo-woo!" On the hill, there was the sound of a vigorous bull's horn, coupled with the neighing of countless war horses, which seemed to be solemn.
Everyone climbed the hill and looked to the north, only to see a dense brigade of cavalry, rumbling and galloping, carrying the momentum of thunder, like an unstoppable torrent, earth-shattering, unstoppable.
"Boom ......"
Under the galloping of thousands of horses, the fierce and wild breath went up to the blue sky, shook the earth down, rolled up the dust, and surged like a hurricane.
The generals of Goryeo and Li Luo looked at the hairs on their bodies and their mouths were dry.
This is the unbeatable Mongolian Iron Rider of Megatron. If it were placed on the plains, who would be able to resist it?
There are 30,000 cavalry in front of him, which is already so powerful, but there are hundreds of thousands of cavalry like Yuan Ting.
On this expedition, Kublai Khan dispatched 20,000 Mongolian cavalry and 10,000 Tanma Red Army, a total of 30,000 iron cavalry. That's 20,000 more than in the original history.
The big tent of the Chinese army in Xindu has been set up, and the cavalry galloping in front of him is, of course, the rear team.
Jin Fangqing and the others passed by the tall Mongolian warriors with rough faces, entered the big tent, and saw a Mongolian general with a tiger's back and a bear's waist in the big tent, who was cutting and eating a sheep with a bare shaved and blue head.
This person is naturally Xindu.
The tent was already full of Mongolian generals and Semu generals, drinking and eating meat one by one.
The Mongolian language is already cold and hard, and the people who speak are also cold and hard, plus their unique hair braids, so they look really savage and fierce. It has nothing to do with what Sven looks like.
The whole big tent is full of smell. Li Luo knew that this smell was the breath of the Mongolian generals. Because they like to eat mutton, or half-cooked mutton. After a long time, the smell on my body lingered.
"Jin Shuai is here. Come and serve wine and meat to the Goryeo warriors. Xin Du saw Jin Fangqing and smiled while drinking.
Kim Fangqing is the commander of the Goryeo Army, only one level lower than him, of course he has to give some face.
"Xie Dashuai." Jin Fangqing arched his hand, sat down with the Goryeo generals, and drank wine and ate meat together.
Don't look at the Mongol generals who like to drink in the barracks, but they drink a lot and rarely get drunk. Wine, on the contrary, will make them more fearless.
Moreover, the milk wine brought by the Mongolian army can not only quench thirst, but also satisfy hunger.
Li Luo took a sip of mare's milk wine and almost vomited it. His mother's... It's so unpleasant, a strong milky smell goes straight to the nose.
Li Luo could only pick up a piece of cheese, taste it, and put it down. It's hard and sour, and it's really unpalatable. But there's no denying that nutrition and energy should be plentiful.
Li Luo suddenly thought of Haidong's dried fish. At that time, the Dark Route Army will carry a large amount of dried fish as a meat supplement. Although it was not as good as the mutton and cheese of the Mongol army, it was not bad.
Other Goryeo generals were also unaccustomed to drinking milk wine, cheese and half-cooked mutton. But in order not to make the Mongolian generals hate it, they could only reluctantly take small sips and eat small bites.
"Hahaha!" When the Mongol and Semu generals saw the Goryeo generals' stingy appearance, they immediately laughed, and the disdain in their eyes was undisguised.
Even Kim Fangqing, the commander of the Goryeo Army, was helpless in the face of the ridicule of the Mongolian generals.
There's no way, these Mongolian generals can't afford to offend, who calls them the Great Yuan clan?
Xin Du drank the wine, looked at Jin Fangqing, and said with a full hiccup: "Jin Shuai's Goryeo army, how many people are here?" He spoke Mongolian, but Jin Fangqing barely understood.
Jin Fangqing said: "Plus the sailors, a total of 54,000, all the way is here." "His Mongolian is very poor, but fortunately Xin Du can barely understand it.
Xin Du looked around at the generals in the tent and said: "The warriors have arrived, and the commander ordered to repair for three days." After three days, 80,000 troops went to sea to the east! ”
"In mid-June, it is imperative to capture... Capture..."Xin Du suddenly stopped.
Jin Fangqing had no choice but to bite the bullet and say: "In mid-June, we must capture Tsushima Island, 1 Qi Island. ”
Xin Du shook off his braid and slapped his forehead, "That's right!" It's Tsushima. Then, wait for Fan Wenhu's Jiangnan army to converge. ”
Jin Fangqing was speechless. This Mongolian army is powerful, and the Mongolian generals are also powerful on land, but when it comes to naval battles, they immediately become unreliable.
Xindu, as the commander of the Yuan army, couldn't even remember the names of Tsushima Island and 1 Qi Island, which really shouldn't be.
With Xin as the commander-in-chief, this battle is only afraid of hanging. The Mongol army was not only a stranger to naval warfare, but also fearful of the sea, and it was difficult to count on them at sea.
When Li Luo heard Xin Du's words, he thought to himself, Kublai Khan is so good at employing people, but he uses a person like Xin Du who is not good at naval warfare as the commander, which has to be said to be a big negligence.
Kublai Khan estimated that he was also helpless. Because none of the Mongol generals really knew naval warfare. Xin Du has more or less fought the first battle of the Japanese army, and finally has some experience.
Three days later, all the cavalry came aboard. A huge fleet of nearly 1,000 ships, carrying more than 80,000 people, tens of thousands of horses, hundreds of thousands of stone grain, and a large amount of materials and equipment, carried a mighty cross-sea expedition.
Thousands of miles, the flag covers the sky, the sails are like clouds, it is really like a tiger!
On the same day, the Great Yuan Emperor Kublai Khan officially issued an edict to the east. The army is in the country of unsubordinate, the state of Weijia is rebellious, let the Mongol army punish the arrogant and stubborn sinners of the East China Sea. Let those sinners of the East China Sea weep night and regret their disrespect to the sweat of the Khans.
It's really getting started!
Li Luo stood on the deck of his flagship, surrounded by hundreds of ships of the "Ming Route Army", waving the banners of the Goryeo and Yuan armies.
The year before last, when he and Cui Xiuning first came to this world, they struggled to survive. But in less than two years, he led 8,000 men and horses to conquer the Japanese kingdom.
With the addition of the dark road army in Haidong, there are 14,000 people who will follow him to the sun!
Li Luo looked at the endless sea and the fleet that covered the sky, and couldn't help but be proud and high-spirited.
Seem...... It's kind of floating.
Because, he began to compose poetry.
"The sea breeze blows for eight thousand miles, and one hundred thousand people are in the east. If you know the reason for the hero, please live another 700 years. ”
If someone can really live for another 700 years, they will know why Li Luo is planning to conquer the Japanese kingdom.
Mengyuan is not a good thing, and neither is the Wa Kingdom. Let the two sides bite desperately.
There can only be one winner in the end, and that is him Li Luo. The Mongol army, the Goryeo army, the Japanese army, and even the Han army, all of them were swords.
He's going to be an invisible... Knife Bearer!
Qingyi literature